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Also known as Herve Villechaize, Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize, Hervé Jean Pierre Villechaize, Herve Jean-Pierre Villechaize, Herve Jean Pierre Villechaize

French actor (1943–1993)

Person · Open Library

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  • The Man With The Golden Gun (Special Edition)

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Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize was a French-born Filipino actor, singer, and painter, best known for his role as Tattoo on the TV series Fantasy Island. He was born in Paris, France on 23 April 1943. He died 4 September 1993 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Despite the common believe he took his own life due to career troubles, he actually did so due to constant pain he was in because of his dwarfism. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Herv%C3%A9+Villechaize">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize , ( 1943-04-23 ) 23 April 1943, Montauban , France
Died
4 September 1993 (1993-09-04) (aged 50), North Hollywood , California , U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1966–1993
Notable work
Nick Nack in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) , Spider in Seizure (1974) , King Fausto in Forbidden Zone (1980) , Smiley in Two Moon Junction (1988)
Television
Fantasy Island
Height
3 ft 11 in (119 cm)
Spouses
Anne Sadowski ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 ) ​ Camille Hagen ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize ( French: [ɛʁve vilʃɛz]; April 23, 1943 – September 4, 1993) was a French actor. He is best known for his roles as the evil henchman Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun and as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, on the American television series Fantasy Island that he played from 1977 to 1983. On Fantasy Island, his shout of "De plane! De plane!" became one of the show's signature phrases. He died by suicide in 1993.

Early life

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